SB 378-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
01/09
SENATE BILL 378-FN
AN ACT relative to rates charged by health care providers.
SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Rep. Marshall Quandt, Rock 13; Rep. Kathleen Taylor, Straf 4
COMMITTEE: Banks and Insurance
This bill requires health care providers to charge persons who are uninsured or underinsured a certain rate.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2908
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to rates charged by health care providers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Chapter; Health Care Provider Rates. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 332-I the following new chapter:
CHAPTER 332-J
332-J:1 Health Care Provider Rates; Definition.
I. In this chapter, “health care provider” means any person, corporation, facility, or institution either licensed by this state or otherwise lawfully providing health care services, including, but not limited to, a physician, hospital or other health care facility, dentist, nurse, optometrist, podiatrist, physical therapist, or psychologist, and any officer, employee, or agent of such provider acting in the course and scope of employment or agency related to or supportive of health care services.
II. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, health care providers shall charge uninsured and underinsured persons their median rate charged by carriers who contract directly with the provider community to insured patients.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
06-2908
12/12/05
SB 378-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to rates charged by health care providers.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the Senate Clerk's Office.